Signaling by exosomal microRNAs in cancer

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Falcone, Germana ^a   Felsani, Armando ^a,b   D'Agnano, Igea ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Genomnia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell to cell communication; Exosomes; Small non coding RNAs; Tumor

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 105; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 15A; MICRORNA 17 92; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 210; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 23B; MICRORNA 29; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 494; MICRORNA 542 3P; MICRORNA 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EXOSOME MULTIENZYME RIBONUCLEASE COMPLEX;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOGENESIS; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DOWN REGULATION; EXOSOME; GLIOBLASTOMA; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; EXOSOME MULTIENZYME RIBONUCLEASE COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84926686300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17569966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13046-015-0148-3     Document Type: Review

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